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Dallas-based Cézanne Quartet and pianist Jonathan Tsay perform works by Brahms, Clara and Robert Schumann, and Prokofiev in the Green Room.
TICKETS: $15 ($5 student tickets available) plus fees
Doors at 5:30 pm | Performance at 6:00pm
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Cézanne Quartet
Formed in 2014, the Cézanne Quartet is based in Dallas, Texas, where they maintain an active performing career. From 2015-2017, they were named the Peak Fellowship Ensemble-in-Residence at SMU Meadows School of the Arts, becoming the first quartet chosen for the fellowship. At the 2015 Coltman Chamber Music Competition (Austin, TX,) they received Second Place Ensemble in the Senior Division, and in 2017, they were named Semi-Finalists at the Plowman Chamber Music Competition (Columbia, MO.)
The group has performed with the Fine Arts Chamber Players, Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, Mimir Chamber Music Festival, Music in the Mountains Festival, Bridge the Gap Chamber Series, Meadows Virtuosi Players, Texas Christian University CelloFest, Open Classical Artist Series, Fort Worth Chamber Music Society, and Ensemble 75. They have collaborated with artists such as Andres Diaz, Matt Albert, Aviram Reichert, Lucille Chung, Jonathan Tsay, the Escher Quartet, and the Altius Quartet. They have become frequent performers with the Avant Chamber Ballet, which presents shows at the Moody Performing Arts Center, NorthPark Center and throughout the DFW area.
Cézanne has a passion for collaborating with young artists, and has coached chamber music students at Highland Park High School, Greenhill School and the Music in the Mountains Festival, in Durango, Colorado. They also accompanied talented young soloists in the finals of the Ensemble 75 Concerto Competition.
In 2018, Cézanne celebrated the release of their first album titled Retrospection, which includes works by contemporary American composer Kevin Puts, and the sixth and final quartets written by Felix Mendelssohn and Béla Bartók. The album was professionally recorded in the beautiful Caruth Auditorium on the Southern Methodist University campus, and is available for streaming on Spotify.
Jonathan Tsay, piano
Prior to his appointment as Assistant Professor of Piano at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at The University of Memphis, Jonathan Tsay served numerous roles in the music community including Head of Collaborative Piano at Conservatory Music in the Mountains, Head of Piano at the Chloé Trevor Music Academy, Presenter and Artist for Cliburn in the Classroom (which serves over 50k under-served 2nd-4th graders in the DFW area per year) and Artistic Director of Ensemble75, a chamber music series based in the North Texas area.
A sought after collaborator, Jonathan has also performed alongside some of the world’s premier musicians, including Chee-Yun, David Cooper (Principal Horn, Chicago Symphony), Jing Wang (Concertmaster, Hong Kong Philharmonic), dramatic soprano Alessandra Marc, the Cézanne Quartet, and Nathan Olson (Concertmaster, Dallas Symphony Orchestra). As a solo recitalist, Jonathan has performed throughout the United States, Canada, and Taiwan.
Jonathan earned a Bachelor’s of Music under the tutelage of Dr. Carol Leone at Southern Methodist University and his doctorate at l’Université de Montréal with Marc Durand.
Jonathan’s performances have been broadcast on WRR Classical, KMFA Classical, and are featured in the companion CD to “Brahms – A Listener’s Guide: Unlocking the Masters Series.” Jonathan’s album, “Harmonic Allusions,” was named in the “Top 5 Albums of 2017” by TheaterJones, and his YouTube collaboration with Chloé Trevor performing “Danse Macabre” has garnered over 1.3 million views.
